"I am becoming more and more fascinated by the wonders brought about by the Pande continent, Your Highness, I wish I could one day see your hometown for myself, until now I could not imagine that several countries can be interdependent under a delicate balance, and war or peace can simply be a piece of paper......"

On the third day after the first victory, under the reminder of Al Andergrims, Leo and his allies began to get busy again, and whether people wanted to or not, they had to admit that the crisis was far from over, and even the most optimistic people would not believe that this existential war would be over within a year

On the walls of the Grey Castle, with the sigh of the Duke of Lancaster, Leo was dressed in a full set of paladin armor, and walked in front with his hand on the hilt of his sword, and the fiery red air was like a full sail under the blowing of the fierce north wind

The haze blown from the Misty Mountains in the distance gradually began to wrap around the entire city, giving people a feeling of being in a fairyland, of course, provided that there are fairies in this world......

Two years after coming here from the industrialized earth, Leo, who had been conditioned by the fresh air, had to recall the past about the haze, forced himself to hold back the slight pain and dryness of his nose and throat, and put his hands on the battlements, Leo tried to keep his eyes open, but he couldn't see the situation in the enemy's siege camp clearly

"Sneeze"

The Marquis of Auston behind him sneezed heavily, but it was clear that no one would care too much about what should have been a rude behavior under the current circumstances, and took the handkerchief from the hand of the accompanying attendant, wiped the residue of the liquid that squirted out, and the Marquis muttered dissatisfiedly

"A long time ago, I thought about buying a piece of land in the northern territory and building a manor, so that I could hunt on weekdays, or on snowy days, I could cuddle my lover in a warm and quiet wooden house, but damn it, my butler never told me that there was such a ...... This kind of thing that looks like fog, ahem! ”

"Alright, dear Auston, instead of worrying about dying in the haze, now I'm more worried that in such poor visibility weather, the opponent's attack will make us very passive, Al, have the troops outside the city arranged to retreat?"

Leo turned around and asked his marshal again with some unease, this weather made his mentality a little impatient

"According to your order, Your Highness, the last force has been safely withdrawn back to the city before nightfall yesterday, during which the other side has not made any moves, including tentative or blocking attacks, and I think the enemy who has suffered a big loss will not rush out in such weather."

Al, who was also dressed in military uniform, quickly replied, but his tone was a little helpless, and the sudden bad weather made him have to withdraw all the troops outside the city according to Leo's instructions, which made many of his follow-up plans to defend the city unable to be implemented......

"I can understand your distress, my marshal, but I must be responsible for the soldiers, and it is undoubtedly a death to let them continue to stay outside the city in such weather, not to mention, even if it is a simple defense of the city, I am sure that before we retreat, I will teach Rolf and the Pope a profound lesson!"

Reaching out and patting the city-defending giant crossbow next to him that had been assembled and equipped with terrifying crossbow arrows the thickness of an adult's forearm, Leo looked up, and as far as he could see, there were as many as 50 of the same giant crossbows placed at intervals of tens of meters on the city wall, in addition to the same number of small trebuchets from Stormwind City that were being installed in the intense commissioning of the soldiers

"That's what you call technology...... It should be this word, sorry, this unfamiliar word is a bit tongue-twisting, technology changes the form of war? With all due respect, Your Highness, I still can't imagine everything you say, it seems to me that even the most sophisticated equipment is only an auxiliary function, such as a giant crossbow or a trebuchet? ”

The Knight of Faith and the overwhelming Marquis of Hohenzollern interjected with a slight disdain that he might have agreed with the power of these weapons, but he was a little unimpressed by Leo's words that one day the situation of war could be changed by making better weapons

Hearing this, Leo just smiled faintly, he didn't mean to argue with the old marquis, people who hadn't seen overheated weapons, no matter how much they said, they wouldn't understand, rather than let the two sides have a dispute, it was better to just talk about it, Leo had already passed the age when he had to argue about right and wrong in everything

After a few people signaled, the crowd that had stayed for a while began to patrol the city wall again, and after nodding slightly and saluting a group of soldiers next to him, Leo slowed down his pace a little and asked the Duke of Lancaster beside him

"Your Excellency, have you already begun to prepare the things I proposed yesterday? Please don't worry, these will not increase the burden on the people under your command, whether it is the population that has been transferred or the civilians who insist on staying, but whatever is taken and used as a result of the war, I and the Principality will pay sufficient compensation for it."

"Huh! Your Highness, you don't need to be so visible in front of me."

Touching his gray beard, the Duke of Lancaster laughed heartily, for Leo, who is almost tied to the interests of the family, he now has almost unconditional support and help, not to mention that he will give compensation, even if there is no duke, he doesn't mind, do nobles still need a reason to use commoners' things? Joke!

"I've already asked people to prepare some of them, but because the price of lamp oil is too expensive, the civilian family doesn't have much inventory, I let the family and the rest of the vassal families take out almost all the inventory, and my housekeeper is now thinking about mobilizing the insufficient part, if the quantity is not enough, I don't know if the tung oil is okay?"

"Of course, Your Excellency, as long as you can boil everything, if it is not too cold, even boiling water is no problem, and let the soldiers who boil the oil pay attention to safety, and there can be no hidden danger of fire in dry weather, thank you very much for the efforts of your family and other friends, the Lancaster family will definitely get my most sincere reward after the war......"

Leo said seriously to the people around him, not that he was stingy and unwilling to give a large amount of gold coins to reward, but for top families like the Duke, the Hohenzollern family, and the Merovingian family, the amount of gold coins has almost lost its meaning

There are only two things they are pursuing, one is the prosperity and continuation of the family, and the other is the guarantee or promotion of power and status!

"I just want this war to end sooner rather than later, Rolf and Nathaniel, starting this damn war will make the empire shed its last drop of blood, and I can't even imagine how many innocent people have been separated from their wives and families because of their ambition and tyranny, and my poor Elena, who has postponed the engagement banquet again because of the war, and is now emaciated and distressed......"

……

Leo lowered his head and subconsciously kicked the cold and hard wall with his foot, he understood that everything that the duke said before was foreshadowing, when might a top nobleman of the empire care about the life and death of civilians, what he cared about was Leo's attitude, of course, he was somewhat really sorry for his granddaughter

"I'll go see Elena in person later, leave everything to me, Your Excellency the Duke, my love and single-mindedness for Elena have not changed in the slightest, and she can stay here firmly, which makes me feel guilty and full of gratitude, and I will try to find time to spend more time with her ......"

Before Leo could finish his words or promises, there was a sudden dense and chaotic noise from below the city walls, accompanied by a tooth-wrenching scream in the air, followed by an overwhelming array of feathered arrows that instantly darkened the top of the city walls, and the screams of the vigilant soldiers followed

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The enemy is attacking the city......"

(To be continued.) Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo)